Is The Hasselblad 100mm f/3.5 Worth Owning?

[Sirius Glass]

I find that when I have the 80mm and 100mm lenses with me, which is often, I consider which to use often and most of the time I am not thinking about focal length but what each lens can bring to the composition.

 

[john_s]

I use a Rolleiflex SL66 and I have the Rollei versions of most of the older Zeiss lenses available for Hasselblad. There was never, as far as I know, a 100mm lens in the SL66 lineup. I use the 120mm and I'm reasonably happy with that, but 100mm would be my dream focal length.

(There was a wide aperture 110mm lens, I think. The last one I saw for sale was $18,000, but I didn't buy it)

 

[Kodachromeguy]

(There was a wide aperture 110mm lens, I think. The last one I saw for sale was $18,000, but I didn't buy it)

Are you thinking of the 110mm ƒ/2 Planar lens for the Hasselblad 2000 and 200 focal plane cameras? Did someone adapt it for SL66?

 

[john_s]

Are you thinking of the 110mm ƒ/2 Planar lens for the Hasselblad 2000 and 200 focal plane cameras? Did someone adapt it for SL66?

Yes, Zeiss/Rollei did make a SL66 version. I suppose the SL66 versions of those Zeiss lenses were easy to make since they don't have shutters, like the focal plane Hasselblads. In fact, I was tempted to go with the focal plane Hasselblad so I could use the f/2 lens, but the feeling passed.